Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-03
FARM NOTES

=, man have lost their lives, one in
.,sr.etts. the other in Connecticut,
n, the present year from that loathe-
disease known as CHAMBERS. In
,ssss the disease was contracted
the men were attempting to cure
by treatment. The sooner horse
.so-p that this disease Is incuratle,
that a glandered animal is an unsafe
TO have around, the sooner the
.,spers will cease to record cases of
II human life from treating or hand
such horses.
..et sheep have been recomm ended
raising in the southern states, princi
to- the reason that they breed twice
In the east Of England the lambs
med in the fall are sold at high pri-
i1ring the midwinter holidays, and
source Of great profit to the farm
Obviously there would be no profit
sl lambs when winters are as cold as
are in the northern states.
bs Russian mulberry must have the
b. Of being really by far the hardest
he mulberries. 1t is but little in
III by our seyerest winters. It's fruit
not amount to much, but it makes a
|tty small tree, and if silk culture ever
foothold in America it will extend
possibility of producing that com
5dty some two hundred miles further
b .oan heretofore.
farmer in the south of England re-
Ny fell down a precipice a distance of
sixty feet and was dashed in pieces
tc0ming in contact with the rocks.
collie dog went to the body and
barked till he had called the neigh
de piloted them down to where
master lay, followed the body home,
watch over it till it was placed
he grave.
here the weeds have been moved and
tone dry it would be best to burn
l in field where they fell rather
70 do so in heaps, if they had seeded
Fore being moved, as burning them in
manner will destroy large number
seeds which would be shaken out on
ground if tbs weeds should be heaped
piles
large crop of chinch-bugs was raised
DE Iowa agricultural farm this sea
The number found on one square
o.. soll sown TO hungarian grass was
I'D By actual count to be 1923. Who
agricultural colleges were of no val
farmers, ana that the professors in
DO not earn their salaries.
is'5 are immense forests of hemlock
i-g9l aud Washington territory, but
/ 'iA Is sand TO be nearly destitute of
ivy and therefore useless for manu-
-'ls leather. The most tannin is
10 Id The hemlock of Maine, and the
y. ives, tine tree grows the less tan
4 found
pest way to kill out willows is to
1 mem three or four feet from the
W. Gown to the earth, severing the
''om the tree, which should be
,'s Iatier part of spring, leaving the
70 stand, which die and make excell-
4 aoys-vood.
DE- potato crop in the vicinity of
iasH Idaho, is excellent. One
u. crop averaged three hundred
W. per acre, which was sold at the
ANYWAY station for 50 cents per
1 10 send to this city.
/ 'e' within the memory of man have
o.l' been as plenty in English
.-1 pastures as they are this fall.
'-.Ae's are packing them and send
4 -- 70 large towns to sell.
n Western farmers report that
"a. rs them more when fed to hogs
'.sI sold at present prices. Some
i -'i they have made a dollars
loiE from a bushel of wheat.
japanese are about to supply
ewes with machine-made bricks.
pave ordered from a German firm
Nh! capable Of turning ont 5000,
..eA' yearly.
c. ... fsh-raisor says Ger
? arg little better than suckers
quite as good as bullheads.